I'm trying to find a simple route that can easily be explained and marketed to the users. That would be folks with smartphones at work, video-documenting things, uploading it to threads, and to be addressed in forum.

Using the "Media Gallery Embed" feature in thread is really good because its simplicity thus a perfect part of a "simple route". No one can complain (except the lack of reference to where to click).

I think the alternatives are a little »hack-ish» for this context. I first thought users could probably live with copying the BB code whilst going through MG. But that as well as hover over the icons, using the URL shown by the browser are both to »hack-ish» for many of them, I think.

(I'll make a Media Gallery Suggestions to show at least a media title as part of the mentioned embed functionality.)